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105
Avenida Miraflores Ave.
Tiburon, CA 94920
415-435-1468
Principal: Ms.
Kit Pappenheimer
Assistant Principal: Dr. Alan Vann Gardner
We are committed to every child becoming a confident learner and a
respectful, responsible citizen by nurturing, teaching, and inspiring
each child to thrive in a challenging, dynamic world.
One of three schools within the 112-year-old district, Del Mar
Middle School serves the townships of
Tiburon, Belvedere, and East Corte Madera. Del Mar School provides
a common place of gathering for
all three communities, reflecting small-town pride, an intense
appreciation of, and participation in, our
schools, and a tradition of generous support of public education.
Del Mar received the California
Distinguished School Award in 2003. Del Mar provides a unique educational
experience for the early
adolescent.
We hope
to develop students that have a great love of learning and are
confidence in their uniqueness and potential. We involve students
in a full range of learning activities to achieve academic excellence,
critical thinking skills, and creative, personal and social responsibility.
We work cooperatively with staff, parents, district administration
and community members to create the best possible environment for
our students and school community.
At the heart of the Del Mar community is the conviction that the
responsibility for successful education is shared among families,
the school, and the individual children. All parties are actively
engaged in the
product, and this participation is demonstrated in every area of
the school. Family-school partnerships
and collaborative decision-making are evident in district government,
school site politics, PTA business,
classroom activities and the personal relationships between teachers
and families. Parent volunteers
headed up our $38 million Rebuilding Reed School Bond Campaign
which passed with 74% of the vote!
Back-To-School Night, Volunteer Work Day, Steel Band assemblies,
music assemblies, eighth grade
Living Pillar assemblies and Panels, Open House, our bi-annual
Career Day, the annual Talent Show and
the annual Spring Play are events that are bursting with attendance
by staff and Del Mar families alike.
They are well attended because the school community is happy and
healthy. Shared decision-making is
alive and well, but could not take place without the mutual respect,
trust and honesty we share.
At Del Mar, as throughout the District, the focus is on the whole
child. We are committed to providing a
standards-based curriculum while supporting the social, emotional,
physical and academic growth of
every child. In addition to following state standards, Del Mar
teachers work closely with the Education
Task Force, a consortium of the twelve elementary school districts
that send students to the Tamalpais
Union High School District. ETF also includes representatives from
the high schools. Through the
concerted efforts of ETF and feeder schools, last year Del Mar
adopted the College Preparatory Math
program for all grades. The core curriculum at Del Mar consists
of three years of science, social studies, mathematics, English/literature,
Physical Education and a variety of elective classes (comprising
Spanish, Art, Library Information Skills, Technology, Steel Band,
Instrumental Band, Yearbook, Performing Arts, Study Skills, Film
Making, and Reading Strategies).
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